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Amanda Curtis on SenateMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | 100% pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Outspoken advocate for labor unions and women's rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale) | Repeal criminalization of gay sex under state law: Strongly Favors topic 3 Repeal state ban on sodomy; make gay sex legal: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+5 points on Social scale) | Oppose needing written parental permission for sex education: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Oppose "ministries" outside of birth control insurance law: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
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Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-3 points on Economic scale) | ObamaCare: don't throw the baby out with the bathwater: Favors topic 5 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Against privatizing Medicare and Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Math teacher and unabashed backer of public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 No vouchers; no charters; yes Common Core: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
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Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+2 points on Social scale) | Big supporter of protecting access to public lands: Opposes topic 8 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+5 points on Social scale) | No to capital punishment; yes to alternative sentencing: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
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Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Supports expanding background checks: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Common-sense solutions like expanding background checks: Opposes topic 10 Don't bar state enforcement of any federal semi-auto gun ban: Strongly Opposes topic 10 No gun licensing; allow concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
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Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Increase income taxes on wealthy, but not others: Favors topic 11 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale) | Illegal aliens eligible for in-state tuition: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
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No opinion on
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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No opinion on
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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No opinion on
topic 15:Expand the military
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | When wealthy in Congress, playing field tilts to wealthy: Favors topic 16 Limit campaign contributions; and no photo ID's to vote: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
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No opinion on
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Disclose state property energy efficiency on website: Favors topic 18 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale) | Medical marijuana law is over-restrictive: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
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Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Economy that works for all of us, not just for the richest: Favors topic 20 Wall St. is doing great; recovery hasn't reached rest of us: Favors topic 20 |
Amanda Curtis is a Hard-Core Liberal
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